Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 14, 1901, Page 4

4 THLE OMAHA DA I'LY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1901 THE ©OMAHA DALY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Editor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, TERMS OF S8UBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (without Bunday), One Year $6.00 Daily Bee and Bunday, One Year...t s.00 llustrated Bee, One Year 200 | Sunday Bee, One Year Saturday Bee, One Year Weekly Bee, One OFFICES Omaha: The Bee Bullding South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twen- | ty-ffth and N Streets uncil Blufts: 10 Pear] Street fcago: 1640 Unity Building. w York: Templa Court | shington: 1 Fourteerth Street | Sioux Clty: 611 Park Street CORRESPONDENCE. tions relating to news and edi. | torlal matter ghould be addressed: Omaha | Bee, Editorial Department | BUSINESS LETTERS | Businoss letters and remittances be addressed: The Bee Publishing pany, Omaha REMITTANCES. draft, express or postal order. The Hee Publishing Company stamps accepted in payment of | ta. Tersonal checks, except on | astern exchanges, not accepted PUBLISHING COMPANY Commu «hould Com- Remit hy payable to Only 2 mail accoun Omaha or THE BER OF CIRCULATION Jouglas County, ss Tanenicx, wecretary of ‘Tho Bee Company, being duiy sworn, wayw that the actual number of full and compl few of The Daily, Morning ening and Sunday Hee printed during the | th of December, 1900, was as follows: 27,780 17 27,610 | 27228 18 27,780 | 27,860 19 27,810 | 27,200 ) 28,210 2 27,870 27,440 27,080 George B, Publishing 27, 27,420 20,506 27,31 27,270 ' 27,140 13 " i 26,005 | 20,070 Total S45,085 Less unsold und returned e Net total sales t dally average. GEORC Subscribed In my pre ore me this tlst day o mber, M. N HUNG Notary Public. B One bl that always g legislature post-haste without encoun tering a single obstacle is the bill mak fng appropriation to pay the legislators’ salaries, chief of the Omaha Indians has died at the ripe old age of 115 years. The city of Omaba, which is named | after the tribe, has sturdy timber to | copy after. The last The date for the initial number of | Colonel I paper has been post- poned in order to give the editor time to colleet lis thoughts and a few ore subseriptions. an's London papers are protesting agaiust the rapld inerease of tippling among its ligh soclety women. A demand for the abolition of the canteen at soclal functions 18 in orde . It looks a5 1f Nebrasku's anditor means business. He proposes to protect insursnce poliey holders whether patrons of old-line companies or members of fraternal oragnizations. new state Another hateh of West Polnt cadets has been let out for failure to come up to the standard set In their examina tions. No information is given whethe they were deficient in the art of hazing. Nebraska's electoral vote will he ear- | ried fo Washington by the custowary messenger, but he will be accompaniel on this oceasion by all his associates. Eight messengers to carry eight votes is the Nebraska ratio. Senator 'Towne has found occasion to Join in culogies of the late Senator Da vis, whose succession he was ap pointed. 1t is gratifying to know that Towne can still tind something good to suy occasionally about a republica; The demand for small dwellings, | which Is overtaxing the supply, prom- Ises active work in the bullding line as soon as spring opens. There is safer investment in Omaha than residences that can be let at moder rental, no in te President Hayward of the school board has announced the standing com- mittees for the current year. The board ought not to have any great diticulty in making a century record, especlally when compared with the exhibit of the past fow years, Governor Roosevelt has been given the freedom of the state of Colorado to hunt for gan If Denver is short on keys to the cliy to present to Its Qistinguished guest it may draw on the surplus supply kept in stock by Mayor Moores of Omuba. Under the ruling of the county court It is unsafe to offer rewards without the intention of paying them, that court haviug just rendered a judgment for the reward offered for the dlscovery of a missing person. This ought to stimu. te aspirants for other outstandiug re wards. The competition for the post of wmes senger to earry Nebraska's presidential vote to Washington has enlisted almost as many candidates as the senatorial contest. The messenger will have the honor of delivering the returns that re- flect the most significant victory of the whole presidential campaign. If the situation were reversed and the fusionists were in the saddle does any one imagine for a minute that they would have turned down contests based upon evidence as substantial and con- clusive as that presented in the Douglas county contest cases? The fusion ma- Jority would not have hesitated a minute to seat the fuston contestants, The local bar association promises to put its shoulder to the wheel for a constitutional copvention. Wo suggest the assoctation fnsert In the call a provision that none be eligible for membership in the convention unless they are duly practicing attorneys. In no other way can the lawyers secure a |18 established | the | of th [ tue CASTING THE ELLCTORAL BALLOT. By casting their ballots for William McKinley and Th e Roosevelt their meeting today the Nebraska pres- | idential electors will complete the final | the step in placing the state ngain ropublican column. In doing they | dy carry out the will of a ma Jority of the people who voted for the republican and pronounced an endoresement of the administration of President McKinley to e executed by the state's membership in the elec toral colle The American electoral college 1s peculiar plece of polittcal machinery, unlque in the governments of the world. As originally devised by the framers of the constitution the electors were ex pected to exercise a certain freedom of individual judgment, which, how- ever, under our party system, lias been entirely eliminated. The eclectors are under an imperative obligation to cast thelr ballots for the candidates put in nomination by the party to which they owe their allegiance. The only possi- ble case fn which an elector might be free to exer his individual prefer ence would be where the candidate of his party has died between the day of election and the time when the elec toral vote is recorded. dven then, in ull probability, the representatives of the party would be called together in some manner and a person agreed upon in advance to be substituted for the party nominee, Nebraska takes sp pride this year, above all others, in finding fiself re stored to the republican column and ug up the administration of pro gress and prosperity. in me! electors of DEALING WITH CUBA What troubles and difficulties are yet to be encountered be 4 goverument | in Cuba satisfactory to| United States cannot foreseen. The fact that there is a large element Cuban people unfriendly to this | country is unquestionable, Repr it | tive Balley of Kansas, who recently r turned from a visit to the island, s United tes has little to expect frow the natives, They have a sentl mental feeling about liberty, but no proper conception of its value and | meaning. Thelr idea of government Is closely associated with power and op- pression, the natural result of Spanish rule. *The moment you place foot on Cuban soil,” said Mr. Bailey, “you feel you are in a hostile country. It Is in the air. The Cubans v our bitter en cmles, while the Spaniards are our friends.” The latter, who compose ¥ the entire business element. would welcome Awmerican control—in | other words, would welcome any stable | government that would guarantee them their property and personal rights, Mr. Balley expeessed the belief that if the United States should withdraw from Cuba revolution would ensue within ninety day 11is observations had convineed bim that this govern ment must keep a strong hand on the island for some time to come. While we are bound in honor to ultimately give the Cubans a triad at self-govern ment, be thinks our government should not withdraw from the island while there is any danger of revolution, or antil a government approved by the United States shall have heen estab- lished. There is, of course, no inten tion of dol American occupation, albeit exceedingly offensive to most of the natives, will continue just so long as it shall be rmed o cure a proper form of government. When t is obtained the promise to leave Cuba to the control of its own people will be fultilled, Where ditliculty is lkely to be met is in determining the relations between the United States and a Cuban republic. Maunifestly these will have to be of a closer nature thau our relations with | the oth independent states of this | hemisphere, Uncoulkedly the condi tions which our government will re- quire Wil encounter more or less op position and resentment, but we shall have the support of afl the substantial interests in the island and may reason ably hope to persuade others that what we shall ask will be for the good of the island and the welfare of all its people. Sy PROPOSED FINANCIAL LEGISLATION. The bouse committee on banking and currency has given hearings on Dbills introduced in congress proposing addi- tional legislation, One of these measures provides that all United | ates notes and treasury notes re decmed out of the reserve fund should bo destre and replaced with gold certificates, corresponding amount of Kold coin being added to the redemp- tion fund. The bill also directs the walntenance of the reserve fund at one- third of the amount of United States and treasury notes outstanding and five per cent of the amount of the silver dol- lars, this reserve to be a common fund to be used solely for the redemption of the notes specified and for exchange of legal tender silver dollars. There are two other bills which provide simply for the exchangeability of silver dollars for gold. In regard to the proposition to make silver and gold exchangeable, Secretary Gage urged that if the United States did not freely exchange gold and silver dol- lars it could not expect the banks and the business community to receive one as freely as the other. He pointed out that the government iwself was casting discredit upon silver by refusing to ex- change it for gold. It is very generally admitted that the failure to provide for this exchange In the eurrency leglsla- tion of last March, known as the gold standard law, was a mistake, and there {8 no question as to the desirability of at once rectifying the mistake. Either of the Dbills that are before the house banking and currency committee would do this. But we do not think it necessary to go farther than this at present and the proposal to retive the greenbacks and treasury notes and replace them with gold certificates can safely wait. It would, of course, make no difference in 1 g 80, | | | X | | necessu | I ernment that would be retired would have substituted for & another note en titling the holder to gold coin. 1t is not pparent . that this would im prove financial security and if not there 15 no souni for making the chunge, ‘The present congress ought to provide for the redemption of silver dol lars in gold. ‘The of Secretary however ason [ view correct, But there is no urgency for any other legisiation reapecting the cur rency. is THE GRIST OF BILLS The legislative grist mill is receiving its full supply of fodder, with the numbers close to the hundred mark, al though than ten days of have passed. Under tne constitution of Nebraska bills may be introduced in each house in the usual manner during the first forty after which no measur i brought in except in pursuance of eelal message from the governor mmending legislation on some particularly’ urgent subject In an ordinary legislative session from 500 to 700 bills make their ap pearance on the filos of b branch. A large proportion of them, to be sure are duplications, being introduced simultaneously in both house and sen ate, while others cover the same matter in but slightly varying manner. For xample, more than a dozen bills have Iready been presented to detine the crime and fix the penalty for kidnaping, some of them in duplicate in each house, but only oue of them can possi bly reach the stage of law. In other CHSOS many are introduced with 1o idea of pushing their enact ment, either because asked for by some person whose favor the legislator en Joys, or because the nterests affected are expected to heed them as notice to take the necessary steps to kil them off. From eighty to 100 new laws, including appropriation schedules, is all that the legislature can expect to leave as its legacy on the statute books, With this riainty, the quality of the legislation vather than the quantity should be the test applied to the legislative product Good, wholesome laws, framed in lan guage that prevents confusion instead of encouraging litigation, laws that mmand public respect and obedien rather than public contempt and disre- rd, laws that way possibly be an ex ample to the lawmakers of other states and be copied beeause of their sound uess and effective operation- that ghould be the and object of the legislature when it applies the sieve to sift out the wheat from the chafr, loss session days, be a rec measures aim General Miles Is said to be eager to make public reply to the article by former Secretary Alger in a recent mag azine. General Miles” best friends arve endeavoring to dissuade him from that urse. The general should rememby that whether or not discretion is tne Better part of valor, 1o this Instance the newspaper reading public would prefer to escape a reopening of the old controversies. The general might leave this statement for publication in his menmoirs, The state senate will probably have an opportunity during the coming week to confirm several gubernatorial ap. pointments. The populist governors assumed to make their appoiutments without regard to the confirmation of the senate, holding back the commis. slons until after the legislature had ad- journed. There was no good reason why the constitution should lave been suspended for the benefit of populist officeholder Nebraska educators propose make another try for a free high school at tendanice law. The attempt has already been twice made, only 16 run up against constitutional diticulties in the supreme court. The time will come when a high school education will be placed within the reach of every boy and girl, but the people of one school distriet eannot I expected to pay the expenses of edu ing children outside of their school dis- trict. to Nebraska is more with the fine achievement of Consul Chureh Howe at Sheffield, in allaying a disturbaiice raised by the exporters there against the consular office, With lis inborn natural diplomacy Consul Howe has stilled the troubled waters and restored serenity all around. All Uncle 8am need do when confronted with turbulent conditions abroad s to draw on Nebras for more consuls, one to the fore The former secretary of the Banking board and chairman of democratie state committee has cepted a position as cashier in a well known national bank, although as a good Bryanite he has been deuouncing ional banks right along. The na- tlonal bank 18 a bad thing when a popo crat is 0 office, but becomes a good thing when it offers him a lucratve position. State the ae- Stugger Demand, Portland Oregonfan. Fond parents who contemplate their darling sons to West Polnt better make prizefighters of them milksops. sending would than Shades of Old Hen B, 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat It is claimed by the superintendent of West Point that hazing cannot be sup- pressed. Old Ben Butler could have sup- pressed it in about thirty minutes Greed Gowpel, Indianapolis Journal If the misslonaries in China have tried to impress on the pending negotiations any- thing of the spirit of peace on earth and goodwlll to men it has not come to light They scem to be actuated rather by a de- sire for indemnity and punitive expedi- tions. Fighting to a Finish, Philadelphia Record The 210,000 and odd British troops in South Africa are enough for a territorial police patrol, but not enough for conguest and subjugation. There is probably little or no significance in the repeated stories of Boer successes in petty skirmishes he yet they convey a plain assurance that irrcgu'er war'a.e mus. te waged indefinitely against a tireless und elusive enemy constitution that completely satisties them. the volume of the currency. Every dol- llur of the promissory notes of the gov- South Africa on the other band of absolute independence. Gage in regard to this is undoubtedly | and there throughout the disturbed colonies, | in There is no longer talk on the oue hand of unconditional surrender, nor Kditorfal in Concord Monit The defeat of the Hon. Willlam B Chandler in the republican senatorial ca | cus on Thursday evening is a fulfiliment in {part of a purpose long since determined apon by the Boston & Maine While recognizing all the merits of Judg | Henry E. Burnham it Is fatuous to sup {pored that his polished and colorlass per sonality could possibly have secured fo him the 198 votes which he received upon the first ballot had not the most strenuous cltorts of the rallroad power been exert in his behalf There is no pretense that the re sult is not a railroad victory won by rail- roal metho When the purpose (o defent Mr. Chandler was first formed the plan of the conspirators was to accomplish thei: |work by stealth. It was cunningly con trived o make an outward show of neu trality, while the work of slaughter was performed in secret. In this, however, the plot failed and it is no small chievement | for Mr. Chandler and his friends that they have forced the railroad to show its hand plainly The railroad plan was to cut Mr. Chand- ler's throat with a feather. But the con- spirators were forced to strip off the glove of velvet, to drop the wask of indifference aud actually to draw and use the knl which did the work . ratirond | The war, begun with effusive profession on both sides of the loftiest possible motives has degenerated into a tedious and costly international folly. Ouly barbariaus could keep up hostilities under such conditions without exhausting every possible device and agency of compromise A Little Frisky, But, ¢ Clinton (1a) Age lowa! First in corn, in illiteracy and worst constitutional amendments. she raise a little less corn less chumps and better with all her faults she Towa! Myt Glortous swine, last efforts at first in In her May a few less hogs, legislators. Still is ever peerless Winged Vehicle of Fev Indianapolis Press, Experiments in Caba have the mosquito is the great vehicle for the propagation of yellow fever. Will that inslst that everything nature has pro- vided has a good function to perform rise up and tell us what possible good the mos- wito is to anybody? Unele Sam' Great Snap. w York Tribune The mous transactions in Wall street are putting money in the purse of Uncle Sam. When stocks are bought and #o0ld to the amazing total of more than 2,000,000 shares in a single day it is estl mated that the federal treasury is the galner by some $40,000 or more In its re nue from transters. And the national gov- | ernment profits largely from the buying and | selling of high-priced real estate. Verily these are golden days for the Treasury de- partment at Washington. | proven that eno deal K nneapolis That gallant seaman, courtly gentleman and gencrous foe, Admiral Cervera of the nish navy, is said to be nearing death. No more earncst prayers for his recovery will g0 up than those from the breasts of the brave men who sunk his ships and cap- tured him off Santiago. From the time Cervera sent Captain Bustamente to Ad- miral Sampson with the news of the safety of Hobson and his men to the recent day, when this man, grown gray in Spain‘s serv- ice, entered dignified protest against Span- ish Injustice, he bms been respected end ad- mired by Americans, He s our ideal of the Hidalgo at his best. Prepared for the Inevitable, Kansas City Star. P. D. Armour had so completely elimi- nated the speculative element from his huge business enterprises and had so entirely transferred personal management to other hands that his death did not cause the slightest tremor in any of the great mar- kets of the country. KFor many years he was the most influential single personal factor in the grain and provision markets, and had large dealings in certain railroad stocks. 1f his death had occurred prior to the incorporation of great Armour interests it would bave produced a shock in the mar- kets. Mr. Armour's course in thus prepar- ing for the inevitable and putting his af- fairs i such shape that his taking off would not have any effect in the business world or on the Armour interests, was character- istic of a man whose controlling motive In lite was to keep everything ke was con- nected with on the sound basis of strict business principles Ll T CLAIMS TO ADMIRATION, The Late Treat- Chicago Chronicle, The commentators upon the life of Philip D. Armour have generally failed to dis- carn what was really the distinguishing characteristic of the man. They have devoted themselves largely (o discussion of his purely business success and to admiration of the manner in which he overcame early obstacles and accumu- lated u large fortune. The truth is, of course, that minety-nine In a hundred of the great fortunes of the country have been bullt up by men who overcame similar—or groater—dificulties. There was unique in Mr, Armour's success. The qual- ities which enable men to acquire great wealth are common to all millionaires We have to look beyond the mere money- making faculty-—or instinct—in order to come at the man himself. Each man has some one tendency or characteristic more fully developed than the majority of his tellows. Tn the case of Mr. Armour it may fairly be sald that he was distinguished from the majority of multimillionaires in his atti- tude toward the men whom he employed He was actively and personally interested in the men who worked for him. It was not alone that he paid living wages—most men do that—but he continually testified bis sense of obligation to his employes He recognized what some employers do mot that while the employer benefits the em- ploye, the employe likewlse benefits the employer. “A man may be the best general in the world,” he Is quoted as saying, “but he will fare badly without able lieutenants, and he will fail altogether unless he has the loyalty of the privates in the ranks." This was putting the case exactly. Mr Armour exemplified his theory by the con- sideration which he extended to the lleu- tenants and to the privates in the grand army of his employes No man who worked faithtully for him tailed to secure his recognition—recogni- tion not only material, but of that mor valuable Kind—the word of praise, some- times publicly, sometimes privately, be- stowed It was this fact which made situ atlons with the house of Armour cherlshed |by those who held them and coveted by those who aspired to them. The man who worked for Phillp Armour knew that he was accounted something more than a mwere cog in a vast machine. He knew that the eye of the general was upon him and that faithful service would be recogniied in general That was why Philip Armour was so well served And in that lies his claim to distinction |above his fellows. He was not merely a great money-maker, but he was a captain and leader of men because of his consider- ation for thelr pride, their ambition and their selt-respect, be orders Chandler on His Defeat those | nothing | and his power the That or, Kdited by Senator For the first time Mr friends have clajmed which could defeat his nomination w open use of railroad men and metho.ls aud that alone defeated aim Up to the begianing of this week the rail ronds had hoped to remain In concealment Hut the character of Mr. Chandler's canvass blasted that hope. From the moment that the members of the legislature be ar- rive in Concord down to lust Tuesday nigh Mr. Chandler's vote was makin gains, His strength, combined with th either of two other candidates, controlled the caucue against Judge Burnh. and the railroad leaders were thoroughly alaime They then saw—as Mr ler had nlways reen—thut their only hope to defeat him was to come out in the open, to summon ito action their entire army of retainers, to put collateral pressure upon members and (o resort to less open but more potent means to achleve the immediate result of increasing the Burnham vote. The success of all this is now only too apparent It now remaios to be seen whether the other options of the railroad plot to control all republican politics in New Hampshire shall succeed. We are looking for excend ingly interesting times during the next two years, Chandler Chandler that Chand OUR AGRICL URAL WEALTH, il rensing Wil Garnered from n Faithful Soil. aisville Courier-Journal. The New York Journal of Commeroe pub lishes every day now a comparative table showing the clesing prices of staple prod ucts on the dato of fssue and a year ago. The feature is the advance in cereals, hog products, copper, tin and cotton and the declines in iran and steel, petroleum, beef, hides and lead. The table published Jan- uary 8 is as follows Same Day J Flour, Minn, patent. .$4 Wheat, No. 2 red...... mixed Oats, No. 2 mixed Pork, mess Lard. prime western. £, hams . Rio Tea, Formos Sugar, granulated Butter, creamery, cx- tri “heese, ¢, large, fall made, fancy Cotton, middiing land v Print cloths refined, tn 3 ; 104 oy Hides, Leathe 1 11 2 native ‘sieers hemlock n, No. 1 north foundry Iron, No. 1 foundry Copper, lake Tin, straits Lead, domestic This is an exhibition the agricultural classes that cabnot be ignored. In conmection with it may bs mentioned a contribution made by the stat- fstician of the Department of Agriculture to the New York Times, showing the quan- tity and value of farm crops for last year In this it is shown that nine of the prin- cipal crops had a farm value of $2,275,116,- in 1900, an increase of $245,430,208 over 1899, Special increases wero as followe Corn, $127,000,000; wheat, $48,000,000; buck- wheat, $1,000,000; hay, $28,000,000; cotton, $73,000,000. The decreases were: Oats, $20,000,000; rye, $1,000,000; barley aud po- tatoes, $3,000,000 each. With these figures ove can readily under- stand the great expansion in bank deposits, railroad earnings and business: generally, for, notwithstanding the vast extent of our manufactures, it is still true that agr culture 15 the basis of our wealth. Of course it wiil be at once suggested that farmers have recelved no such sums of money as these figures represent, as most of the products are consumed on the farm but that 1s no reason for thinking the money value of the crops has been impaired, since they could ha had not preferred to retain them. It is an old saying that only 18 per cent of the corn crop is marketed direct, but it is sold event- ually as beef or pork or in other farm products. Corn is by odds the most val- uable crop produced on Americnn farms; next to it is hay and then wheat and tton. 50@16.50 2200024, 5 22.000 ™ 270 2.7 4374 4.7 ot prosperity ingot 480 for DIVESTED 0 HORN. The “Crown Not as Danger- ous as It ed. Brooklyn Eagle (ind. dem.) The Omaha speech (of Colonel Bryan) in- cluded a sentence which was startling—"we must later determine whether we have a supply of gold large enough to make silver colnage unnecessary.” All things have an end. Four years ago gold was slaying its | tens of thousands; now the question is | whether the country really has enough of 11t It it has, our firesides and our families are all right. 1t it has, the crown has | been divested of its thorns. So. there is a clearly discernible sign of convalescence in the matter of the demi dollar. Bryan wants | more of what he would not have at any price. He wants plenty of the cross. Being assured of enough of it, he will throw free silver to the dogs. This i a slgn of returning sanity, but it has been long deferred. It is not altogether reas- | | suring. The silver issue was worked not only for all it was worth, but untll it be- me positively worthless. Not until it hecame absolutely valueless politically did Bryan say o word suggesting the idea that he was wavering in his faith. He is shelv- ing the heresy not because it is a heresy, but becau: it can no longer be of any sort of service. Talk of a supply of gold large enough to make silver coinage un- necessary is the sheerest drivel. There has been no sudden increase of the output since Kansas City convention days. As a matter of fact, the shoe is constructively on the other foot, the Transvaal war having ma- terially restricted gold mining operations on a large scale in South Africa. The Omaha banqueters listened not to Bryan, the economist, but to Bryan the politician, He is beginning to stand from under. A6 to the lofty straln, it is a trifle too exalted. It a fact that some of those who voted the republican ticket are not fit to live. Tillman may go home and tell his people that he met men in Nebraska who deserve to survive for the reason that they prefer to die glving their adherence to Nebraskan principles. Herolcs of this sort cross the line dividing the sublime from - the rediculous. They get on the wrong side of it. They are food for gudge- ons and not fattening food at that. Bryan supporters have not been asked to consult their proferences and dle. It is doubtful whether any such preferences have occurred | to them. If they have, they are men-| tally disordered. Party cholce s not a| matter of life and d h. Too often it is a | matter less of reason than of habit. Too often it s a matter less of concern for the country's welfare than of political am- bition. The Omaha classification iy a characteristic Bryanism. It separates those who are fit to live and those who are not. | The test of fitness is belief in Bryanism The evidence of unfitpess Is unbelief. And | the logic of it is that more than seven may be ‘ always This s true, | been sold if the producers | OSSIP OF THE STAT AL Hroken How Ropublican ch's Inaugural addr | tion and contains nothing but ward busines swernor Diet [ traightfor he has started he will | | 88 {8 an able produ utin ues on in the m the | ernor North Platte | with bombardment of Bryan's Nebraska's | Nebraskans aws the probable between the ten-inch guns Commoner and the thirteen Inch rifles of Morion's Conservative The |atmosphere between Lincoln and Nebraska | City will no doubt be murky Blair Republican (pop.): The u vernor Dietrich s certainly commenda | ble for plain, common directness and | brevity. Tha legislators should copy after | his suggestions—button ir mouths Rive the stato relief from a bad laws and enact a few uecessary ones Hub: 'The action of legislative from in seating the two fusion senators » seats that it Is possibh for republican legislature to #ct without political bias, which is more [than the fusionists did four years ago with |the same opportunity. There |derces of fraud, but it was a | whether that fraud was sufficient changed the result O'Nelll Omaba W Tribune W Kearney in the county who the senate ontest ere contested show were evi question to have Frontier rid-Herald fusion press of Nebraska draws tions, comes out with flaming depleting the expansion and prosperity Omaha's business. In a splendid New Year's edition reviewing Omaha's pag! con dition and future prospects the World Herald starts out by sayiug: “Omaha, dur- Ing the year just closed, forged ahead of all previous records in the jobbing and manu facturing interests, and begins (he new vear with the brightest prospects A comparison of the statistical statements of the World-Herald of today and the edi- torial statements of the same paper when trying to show Mr. Bryan should be elected president is caleulated to disturb the faith of the reader in the World-Her ald's reliability as a political guide p North Platte Telegraph: A republican | Rovernor has been inaugurated, the other | state officers bave been turned over to re- | publicans, the legislature has a repub- | Mean majority and it may be said that | Nebraska stands once more where it should stand-—in the republican | How long it will remain there largely on the action of the present legis- lature and the newly installed republican state officials. They will be watched, tielr | actions will be submitted to the closest scrutiny, everything done will have to undergo criticism, and if they stend the test, the party may secure a prolonged lease; but it the corporations of the state are permitted to control the legislation and the state officers pander to these hu- man cormorants, then, indeed, will re- publican tenure of office be short, its day of returned supremacy will be brief, and power will pass from republican hands much quicker than it has taken them to regain it. Beatrice the the ver and from anon whicl tnspira headlines | | | | | why column depends xpress: The inaugural ad dress of Governor Dietrich was a pleasant surprise to people who are accustomed to wordy and tedious discourses upon such occasions, The governor's production s a plain, matter-of-fact talk to business men by a business man. There is no waste of words, There is no attempt at “word painting.” The governor had something to say and he took the direct and sensible way of saying it. It s to be hoped that future governors will profit by the exam- ple set by Governor Dietrich. The govern- or's recommendations are few, but they are to the point and suggest necessary reforms and improvements in the state, The key- note of Mr. Dietrich's character may be found in the sentence whero he says that he and the members of the legislature ahould be governed by the same honesty ot purpose as would govern them were the state their personal property. Nebraska 1s fortunate in her chief executive. A great deal has been expected of him and be will not prove a disappointment. Falls City Journal: Today Nebraska Is a republican state, the grand old party hav- ing once more stepped into power and as- sumed the responsibilities of governing the commonwealth. The republican party as- sumes this duty with full knowledge of the weight of the responsibility and faces the task before it with confidence in its ability to do as it has ever done before and each officlal takes up his work with the best Interests of the state at heart. The people of the state having placed these men In office have a right to expect a clean and businesslike administration of the state's affairs avd if these demands are met the republican party has nothing to lose and everything to gain. It seems most ausplcious that Nebraska should enter an era of republican rule with the beginning of the new century. It seems to give a more rosy hue to the light that dawns along the eastern shores of time, but during the years of that century the fate of the re- publican party will be in its own hands. We have unbounded confidence in the party and the state and having taken off our hats to the new century we doff them to republican Nebraska, over whose hills and prairies the standard of the grand old party has been raised—and long may it wave! RSONAL The heirs of the late Colonel W. P. Win- cheater, for whom Winchester, Masa., was named, have presented that town with a large and handsome punch bowl, valued at $1,000 eneral William Gaston Lewis, who dfed at his home in Goldsboro, N. C., on Tuesday at the age of 66, was one of the four sur- viving ex-confederate brigadier generals in North Carolina. The parents S, of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, the negro poet, were both slaves in the ante-bellum days. The father escaped to Canada and during the war of the rebel lion he fought with the Fifty-fifth Mass chusetts fnfantry. Sims Reeves having died and Edward Lioyd having retired well-to-do, there is & strong demand in London just now for a tenor singer who is socially presentable. Vanity Falr intimates that such a vocallst can count on an incowe of $60,000 a year Earl Roberts (“Bobs), who has just been glvon hbis title by Queen Victorla, 1s a son of Captaln Charles Roberts, who com- manded the British forces that took Fort Mackinae from the Americans early in tho war of 1812 Captain Roberts, with his soldiers and a large body of Indians, took the fort entirely by surprise, as the Amerl- cans ald not know that war had been de- clared Paymaster Charles P. Thompeon of the navy, who died in Washington on Tuesday, was a native of Richmond, Va., and was the eldest son of Cherles Gage and Elizabeth Avenell Wallwork Thompson. His family connectlons on both sides were of the most istinguished in the state. He was ap- pointed acting assistant paymaster in 1866, and next year was promoted to be pay- master. What sort of man Theodore Roosevelt s is indicated to some extent by the list of books he bought in Chicago to take with bim on his bunting trip. He bought some | mlilions have impeached thelr claim upon | existence. Bryan bas never been accused | of an cxcess of modesty, but he has now reached what must be recognized as the | limit. The man who says that only those | | who share his political belief are fit to live is not in need of the services of a general | practitioner. A specialist would serve his | purposes, i beeks of travel, a history of the Nether- lands and some French translations of his torical works. While he was wandering About the store & stranger who recognized him picked up a copy of “Oliver Cromw by Theodore Roosevelt,”” held it out to him and sald: ‘“Here's & pretty good book, but we can’t gell {t. We're glving it away with every purchase of $1 or more.” And Teddy grinned. Douglas | " OVE A MERANG, lican e Soutt be ¢ Edward hauled Osmon The Repu Hosewater up in Omahn to answor i violating the the re prominent candidatc This doal of falr-minde he v g \ | Vot Omah; was b other day rupt practi fon, he United abominable ple fore urge turing or being a States senator he th reme court os thereof. 1f will of h Om was \ was called eriticising har fu aflidayit the more thug that pe guilty Ashland Gnzetie resorted to by in having arrested on water The ballo or Rosewater trumped-up chorge a picce of fusipid child's play, It par with the arrest of Senator Qua | years ago in Pennsylvania while the | torial ballot was in progress | stance it defeated the election of the time being. but he ha from the people now that it will be imposs blo to overcome, If this agains( Mr Rosewater has any effect at all it will be to increase his strength miseraole farco the box waBipuiators The Boc is only b a senn In that in Quay fo an endorserien Grand Island Independ The action of seme of the enemies of Mr. Rosewater in securing his arrest in South Omaha on the charge of violating the corrupt practice act has been practically knocked into emiih creens, as far as its purpose was cerned, by Judge Baker of the district court giving Rosewuter his freedom through a writ of habeas corpus Some peopio ap pear to have little or no appreciation as to what that thing called “boomerang’ is until they come jnto sudden and violent contact with one, which s not unlikely be the case if their efforts to puncturs Mr. Rosewater's senatorial tire are oou tinued along the line taken up last week Two weeks more of such a fight on Rose water might benefit instead of injuring the | Omala editor Kearney Hul The gang of disreputables in Omaha and South Omaha who are seek- [ing to smirch Kdward Rosewater in con- nection with South Omaha campaign frauds arc doubtless aided and abetted by men of supposed respectability who would not like to have their names appear in print, and who would not dare to have thelr cone nection with the gaug known to the pube- {lNe. It s a disreputable proccoding, in which a democratic county attorney is ap- | parently and possibly quite naturally a wiiling tool. Reputable republicans ot Ne- braska will not only not be influenced by these tactics and preliminaries of legal prosecution, but will more than ever be. lievo that the Omaha editor would be Jus- tified in waging a war of extermination agninst the rogues North Platte Telegraph: The animosity with which the opponents of Mr. Rosewater follow him and the venom they display in trying to damage his prospects to become United States senator display a zeal and an energy which could be expended fn a more worthy cause. Tho last move of his enemies is to trump up charges against him under the “corrupt pract act and have warrants fssued for his arrest, thinking probably this may have the effect of weaks ening the enthusiasm of some of his sup- porters. Thero is no doubt that it will have an effect on his followers, but it will be just the opposite of what his traducers desire, for every man who §upports him will redouble his effort to place Mr. Rose- water in the senalo where he can smilingly look down on these men who harmlessly snap and bite at his heels. A Premature Start. Philadelphla Ledger. Governor Shaw of Towa thinks he can outrun Roosevelt In the race for the next presidency, but he handicaps himselt heavily by taking such an early start. | | | MIRTHFUL REMARKS, Chicago Record: ““What about this thenry that salt will preserve youth and energy?" “Stuff! Look at Lot's wife.” Detrolt Free Press: *“Dau Mr. Glddings, “Is that young M & man of regular habits?" “Oh, ves, papa.” replied Miss Giddings iHe proposes resularly every” Thursday night."” Cloveland Plain Dealer: “I notice that an Ttallan barber in a New York town makes the earliest century record for triplats.” “A barber! T wonder If he had volca enough left to say ‘next’ after the first two children were born! Washington Star: *‘U'pon wi said the student of antiquity, “do we base the state- ment that Sglomon was the wisest man?* ‘I dunno,”” answered Senator Sorghum, {unieas It Is on the report that he was alse the richest.” Indianapolis Press: I don't know who first sald figures couldn't lle,* sald the young woman, “but I would bet any old sum that the person was a man.'* Then, for the fourth time, she tried make her personal account book balance to Detroit Journal: “We'll have to look ont for that “British general,” remarked the field cc “T undorstand he has n new plan of campaign to pursue.' G00d!" exclaimed the Boer commander. “If he's got to pursue it wo can be sura of a Bood long rest before he catches it Detroft Journal: “Listen!” he whispered. arfort prassed his hand saftly “Not now!" she sald. “It is bad form to listen while the plano s playing!” Somerville Journal: Diggs-Yes, I often vsed to run away and go fishing when I was a hoy. Bpriggs_Catch anything? Digga—Well, T generally caught it whon 1 kot home and father found out where I had been. Detroft Freo Procs: She-Will you ma any New Year's resolutions, Mr. Bimpson He—Oh, yes: I'm golng to be more per- sistent {0 proposing to you thix year than I was last year, Chic 9 ? Ao Record: “Tho iden of that red. 1 man saying he Is fn love with me! on't belleve a word of it." Why not? ve got red halr myself." Plttsburg Chronicle echwood to Miss Ho Mr. Brushton ~hi your engagement Teport s only partly true repied Migs Homewood. *We did have a quarrel and my feelings are more or less dlsfigurod. but T am still in the ring’ And ghe rafsed her left hand to show that the slgn of thelr troth was still on the proper finger T hear,” sald Miss wood, “that” you quarreled and Philadelphia Press: By married, eh? T suppose you a good deal of trouble. Benedick—Well. she saves every liftle trouble that comes to her durlng the day so that ghe may hother me with it when I ccme home at night elor—8n you're your wifo saves Pittshurg Chronfele: “Well, well.” wald Dr. Doce, as he entered his patient’s room and fourd him wrapped up In blankets, what's the matter here? . “ hab caught a bad cold, doetor, Mr. Dukane “Indeed 2 #And I want you to help me led id go replied TO THE LOSER. [} Lester in Buccess Bo you've lost your Ran it nlrlm\ and {v’ Benten at the tape, R 1?7 Yem, but ‘tis past, mind the losing Think of how you ran hut your teeth, lud-- Take It ke & man' Nof (he winnme counts, ind, But the winning falr; Not the losing shames, lad, But the weak despali 80, when fallure s'\mll you, Thon't forget your plan ile, and shut your teeth, lad « Take it ke & man? monds ed to paste, 1ad? Night Instead of morn? Where you'd plu Oft vou grasp 4 thor Time will heal the Dleeding Life 14 but i spian Bmile, and shut vour teeth, Ind— Take It ke a man® Then, when sunket comes, lad Whien your fighting’s through, And the Silent nest, lad, Fills his cup for ?'ou. Shrink not—clasp it coolly— “nd as you began; Smlle, and cloke your eyes, lnd= And take it liko & man{ I